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About this episode.
Everyone is staring at the technology. We watch the people doing the work - because that is where AI at work is won or lost. In Episode 1, Matt Perry and Rob Cannon, PhD unpack why the AI jobs panic points at the wrong target: what the machines genuinely can't do, why the industry's sharpest voices all landed on the same conclusion at Cannes, where the money is actually moving, and the three things a leader should do on Monday morning. Plus the first edition of The Elephant: Natalie Emirzian on lost connection.
Chapters
- 00:00The Elephant in the Algorithm
- 00:09Cold open: the article that argues the opposite of every headline
- 01:21Welcome: this is The Elephant in the Algorithm
- 02:56What the machine can't do (plausibility engines)
- 07:27The industry catches up: Cannes
- 08:20Sutherland: nothing scales better than mediocrity
- 10:17Coca-Cola's World Cup: humans keep the feeling
- 12:17Follow the money: 21st Century Brand, Common Interest
- 15:09The bigger question: remove the human or raise the human
- 16:01Klarna, McDonald's, Octopus: intent decides the outcome
- 18:18People at the heart: skills, the missing rung, systems
- 26:51Monday morning: the three moves
- 31:11THE ELEPHANT: Natalie Emirzian on lost connection
- 35:04Back with Rob and Matt: lost connection
- 36:36No shame: you're not behind
- 37:09Close: the book and the Snapshot
- 38:16Outro: the book and where to find it
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